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					<description><![CDATA[Running a campaign is a lot easier if there&#8217;s a clear process that maximizes opportunities for success and avoids the worst traps and pitfalls. Campaign Mastery has again been recognized as one of the top 20 blogs devoted to the subject of RPGs. Given the caliber of the opposition, I consider this to be a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Asset Valuation Worksheet 2.0</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[How much would this be worth if it were discovered in the American backwoods today? How much more if it had been found in the early 1700s, when no-one really knew the ancient Egyptian &#8220;style&#8221;?Image by Artie_Navarre from Pixabay &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; Two weeks ago, in the then-final [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
		
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		<title>The Power Of Basic Utilities</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Bourke]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jul 2023 14:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Today I&#8217;m going to tell readers about something I&#8217;ve been working on a lot over the last few months, because it highlights an important principle &#8211; you can usually do a lot more with basic tools and utilities than you think. A Recurring Pattern Every now and then we seem to get waves of tools [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Overcoming The GM Crash</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Bourke]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Mar 2023 13:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Most people &#8211; and I include many players and GMs in that grouping &#8211; have no idea how tiring it can be to run a game, and try to do it well. For many years, I didn&#8217;t notice it, either; my reserves of stamina were sufficient that I could happily GM for 5 hrs, take [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>A Universal Wealth System for RPGs</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Bourke]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2022 13:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[For a long time, I&#8217;ve been working on a Lifestyle / Wealth system for my superhero game system, which is loosely based on the Hero System (4th ed). The rules needed to be simpler than the official rules, less able to offer benefits to PCs and NPCs beyond the value that would normally be associated [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>A Long Road &#8211; Zenith-3 Notes for all Pt 1</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Bourke]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2021 13:23:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This article started out as a way to save time and at the same time present some tips and tricks that often get overlooked in my scramble to get material ready for publication here. It was also intended (originally) to be part of last week&#8217;s 1000th-post celebration &#8211; so there are certain themes that will [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
		
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		<title>Old Words, New Directions</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Bourke]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2021 13:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[999! This is my 999th post at Campaign Mastery! Next week, four figures, a landmark achievement and one that I am quite proud of reaching! Old Words Today&#8217;s article is all about looking back, which is a natural thing to do when you approach any milestone. And yet, the connection with the currently-imminent landmark is [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Everything Happens At Once: A statistical principle</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Bourke]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2021 13:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This article started in my mind when I was thinking about the Covid-19 situation here in Australia (and elsewhere where the virus has been close to eliminated) but I&#8217;ve since broadened and generalized it to some extent. It began with my imagining a set of random tables to describe someone&#8217;s interaction with Covid-19. Such-and-such a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Great Reset Button In The Sky</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Bourke]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2020 14:33:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I Spent much of the weekend a few weeks ago performing my regular data backup. Everyone in IT has horror stories resulting from inadequacy of backups. Even IT professionals and past professionals like myself &#8211; who know how essential backups are &#8211; have lost irreplaceable material to inadequacy of backups. That&#8217;s because there are two [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>We Interrupt Our Regular Programming 2: Covid-19 Myths</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Bourke]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2020 07:08:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This article has now been split into three parts, because of the pace of growth of this middle section. Part 1: Covid-19 Facts, Analysis, and Advice Part 2: Busting Covid-19 Myths Part 3: Should My Game Be Canceled? Each part will link to the other two, and they will all be extended and updated as [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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